A graduate of the Department of Energy from Kaliningrad was among the best in the "Generation of the Future" competition

Five graduates of the Department of Energy have reached the finals of the All–Russian competition of final qualifying papers and diploma research "Generation of the Future - 2026". According to the results of the competition, the graduate of the magistracy of KSTU P. Rakhvalova took the third place.

"Generation of the Future" is a competition aimed at identifying and supporting talented graduates of energy and technical universities. It is being implemented under the auspices of PJSC Inter RAO and the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. The event is operated by the Reliable Shift Foundation. The competition provides young professionals with the opportunity to present the results of their research to leading experts in the energy industry, receive a professional assessment of developments and establish contacts with potential employers.

In 2026, the competition brought together about 300 final qualifying papers from 46 specialized universities in Russia. After several stages of expert selection, the authors of the top 20 papers, 10 graduates of bachelor's and master's degrees, received the right to present their research in the face–to-face finals.

The University was represented in the final by undergraduate graduates V. Luchkin, A. Surnin and K. Pshenichny, now masters of the Department of Energy, as well as graduate graduates P. Rakhvalova and A.Lyashenko.

The full–time final took place in Moscow as part of the Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week 2026 International Forum. The participants presented their developments to an expert jury, which included representatives of the scientific community and specialists from energy companies. The relevance of the research, the technical validity of the proposed solutions, the depth of study and the possibility of practical application of the results were evaluated.

According to the results of the final stage, P. Rakhvalova took the 3rd place in the "Masters" category. Her master's thesis "Substantiation of the method of integrating electric charging stations into existing electric networks", conducted under the scientific supervision of Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Energy M.S. Kharitonov, was submitted to the competition. The work is aimed at substantiating technical solutions for connecting electric charging stations to existing electric grids, taking into account their features and the additional network loads that arise.

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